New World Amateur Championships organized in Incheon, a city near Seoul, Korea, in 2003. The SARS epidemic forced postponement of the 25th World Amateur Go Championship scheduled for Japan, to 2004, and so this tournament was a welcome one. The Tournament was a 6 round Swiss to determine the top four players, then a semi-final and final to determine the winner.
So far the top four players were Junghwan Kim (Korea), Satoshi Hiraoka (Japan), Emil Nijhuis (Netherlands) and Dmytro Bogatskyy from Ukraine.
Stefan: The tournament was won by Japan, who eliminated The Netherlands in the semi-final. The other finalist was Korea, who disposed of Ukraine in the semis.
GoStone: Try here: http://www.iwabc.com/english/result/01.asp.
The Korean results page
http://www.iwabc.com/result/01.asp gives a slightly different table and shows the results of the final and semi-final.
ZeroKun: Master of kibitzing Deft (aka Morten Ofstad, Norway 4d) was in the tournament and landed a final score of 2 wins and 4 losses. Let's all give him a thumbs up for his effort in the tournament.
Link to Jan van Rongen's account:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rongen17/korea/ .
1st Incheon World Amateur Baduk Championship, 2003, round 1 - 6:
No Nationality Name 1R 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R Won SOS SOSOS Rank --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Korea Junghwan Kim +33 +5 +15 +8 +18 +2 6 24 132 1 2 Japan Satoshi Hiraoka +20 +3 +1 +15 +19 -4 5 26 127 2 14 Netherlands Emil Nijhuis -15 +46 +24 +31 +12 +19 5 25 131 3 15 Ukraine Dmytro Bogatskyy +14 +35 +9 -2 +13 +11 5 25 130 4 1 China Yi Guo Sun +34 +25 -2 +43 +8 +45 5 22 124 5 5 Russia Alexey Lazarev +42 -4 +38 +41 +28 +18 5 20 118 6 6 Canada Suhkjoo Yoon -31 +54 +26 +57 +9 +27 5 17 115 7 8 Taiwan Yi-Cheng Shin +24 +7 +12 -4 -1 +48 4 25 126 8 31 Finland Vesa Laatikaine +6 +29 -19 -14 +10 +21 4 23 116 9 9 Czech Vladimir Danek +43 +10 -15 +36 -6 +40 4 23 115 10 45 Luxembourg Laurent Heiser +27 -14 +17 +48 +29 -1 4 22 123 11 18 Romania Burzo Gheorghe +51 +17 +11 +16 -4 -6 4 22 119 12 Cornel 19 Poland Leszek Soldan +50 +21 +31 +40 -2 -14 4 21 124 13 11 USA Junghoon Lee +26 +30 -18 +3 +40 -15 4 21 120 14 12 France Jeff Seailles +38 +32 -8 +7 -14 +17 4 20 124 15 24 Belgium Jan Bogaerts -8 +34 -14 +39 +41 +16 4 20 124 15 13 Hungary Diana Koszegi -32 +49 +28 +10 -18 +7 4 19 113 17 3 Australia Raphael Shin +37 -2 +25 -11 +22 +44 4 19 111 18 36 UK Matthew Macfadyen +57 +48 -40 -9 +25 +29 4 18 115 19 16 Austria Bernhard Scheid +46 +41 -4 -18 +32 -24 3 22 117 20 48 Italy Francesco Marigo +28 -36 +32 -45 +33 -8 3 21 119 21 28 Croatia Zoran Mutabzija -48 +27 -13 +26 -5 +46 3 20 112 22 17 Germany Egbert Rittner +47 -18 -46 +35 +43 -12 3 20 109 23 40 Brazil Jorge Sasaki +53 +39 +36 -19 -11 -9 3 19 113 24 7 Hongkong Lik Hang To +22 -6 +39 -12 +34 -13 3 19 113 25 10 Singapore Zhi Yi Benson Lai +23 -9 +21 -13 -31 +37 3 19 112 26 26 New Zealand Shiyong Du -11 +44 -6 -28 +57 +22 3 19 106 27 41 Colombia Jaime Orlando +49 -16 +35 -5 -24 +23 3 19 104 28 Ramirez Reyes 27 Vietnam Tran Chi Thanh -45 -28 +42 +47 +20 -6 3 18 102 29 33 Slovenia Goran Siska -4 +37 -57 +55 -48 +38 3 17 112 30 32 Spain Cesar Sanchez Munoz +13 -12 -48 +53 -15 +20 3 17 112 30 43 Bosnia & Dragan Barisic -9 +20 +50 -1 -17 +55 3 17 109 32 Herzegovina 29 Thailand Sarawut Kaiphanlert +58 -31 +30 +46 -45 -36 3 17 106 33 21 Denmark Torben Pedersen +56 -19 -10 +30 +55 -31 3 17 104 34 25 Serbia & Stankovic Mijodrag +52 -1 -3 +38 -35 +42 3 17 103 35 Montenegro 34 Mexico Jose Chacon -1 -24 +51 +37 -7 +47 3 17 102 36 35 Turkey Selcuk Kerem +54 -15 -41 -17 +39 +57 3 16 112 37 Karaerkek 44 Argentina Diego Ruiz -30 -28 +58 +51 +46 -3 3 14 92 38 38 Slovakia Marian Hrdina -12 +58 -5 -25 +50 -33 2 18 99 39 57 Uruguay Alfonso Perez -36 +52 +33 -6 -25 -35 2 18 98 40 37 South Africa Ben Gale -3 -33 +23 -34 +30 -10 2 17 101 41 20 Sweden Ulf Olsson -2 -43 +54 +50 -27 -32 2 16 106 42 39 Switzerland Sebastein Koch +55 -40 -7 -24 -35 +54 2 16 102 43 30 Malaysia Choon Huat Lee +44 -11 -29 -21 -37 +50 2 16 100 44 22 Norway Morten Ofstad -7 +42 -55 +49 -3 -26 2 16 99 45 46 Indonesia Djap Woei Haw -16 +23 +53 -29 -44 -28 2 15 100 46 42 Peru Jorge Noriyuki -5 -22 +27 -54 +53 -25 2 15 99 47 Yamamoto Kina 55 Belarus Suponeu Aliaksandr -39 +56 +22 -33 -21 -43 2 14 95 48 23 Israel Anatoly Vernik -10 -46 -37 +56 +58 -41 2 13 93 49 49 Ireland Christopher Rafferty -41 -13 -56 +22 -47 +53 2 13 92 50 47 Lithuania Donatas Ugenskas -17 -53 -52 +27 +49 -34 2 12 93 51 58 Morocco Amyn Alioua -21 -38 +44 -52 -23 +56 2 11 85 52 50 Madagascar Maherizo Razafindrabe-19 +51 -43 -20 -38 -30 1 14 100 53 53 Portugal Jose Carlos -40 +47 -46 -32 -42 -49 1 14 91 54 Fernandes Raposo 54 Venezuela Irwin M. Hernandez -35 -6 -20 -42 +52 -39 1 14 91 55 Nunez 51 Guatemala Edgardo Caceres -18 -50 -34 -44 -56 +52 1 12 90 56 56 Ecuador Diego Paez -29 -55 -49 -23 +51 -58 1 12 80 57 52 Armenia Samvel Ghazaryan -25 -57 -47 -58 -54 -51 0 11 84 58
HansWalthaus: Could somebody give a meaning to the two acronyms in the scoring table: SOS and SOSOS? And their use in determining the winner? I got this so far: Sum Opponents Scores, and Sum Opponents Sum Of Opponents.
Fhayashi: Sum Of SOS?